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Originally Posted by JGuy Grungeman
I want to get into bluegrass, since I like country. I just can't.
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I have a hard time getting into pure bluegrass as well but there are some absolutely beautiful examples of country albums written by musicians trained in bluegrass where the two genres mix together very nicely.
First that comes to mind is Doug Dillard & Gene Clark's
Fantastic Expedition collaboration album. Fantastic musicianship and songwriting front to back. Seamless mixture of ideas from country, rock, folk, and bluegrass.
Great road songs.
Doug Dillard was great at incorporating bluegrass styles into easier to digest mixtures of more popular styles. So you end up with the tones and atmospheres of bluegrass AND the vocal/melodic hooks that most bluegrass doesn't care about.